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The Department of Japanese Studies at Salem-Teikyo University
invites applications for a non-tenure track temporal position as
Visiting Instructor in Japanese Language for a duration of 2 modules
(from January 8, 1996 to February 28, 1996). Teaching at the
introductory levels of Japanese (Japanese 3 $ 4). Candidates must have
M.A., native or near-native fluency in Japanese and English. A
temporal accommodation is offered.
Send a letter of application, CV, and 3 letters of recommendation to:
Japanese Instructor Search Committee
Department of Japanese Studies
Salem-Teikyo University
223 West Main Street
PO Box 500 Salem,
WV 26426-0500 U.S.A.
The deadline for receipt of application is December 15, 1995. For
further information, feel free to e-mail at:
makitansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
tannosalem.wvnet.edu
yokochisalem.wvnet.edu
Salem-Teikyo University is an AA/EOE.

TPI Technologies
Department CL
21866 Schmeman
Warren, Michigan 48089-3288
USA
Phone: 810-772-1450 Fax: 810-772-7620
Re: Employment Opportunity for Computational Linguist
TPI Technologies is a technical documentation firm, specializing in the
development of technical publications and video presentations for the
automotive industry. Our products include vehicle owner's manuals, service
manuals, and competitive comparison studies; technical training programs; and
production line machine setup and maintenance documentation.
One of our current contracts with a major automobile manufacturing company
requires the services of a computational linguist to begin work in the
metropolitan Detroit area in January of 1996, for a period of one
Manage the vocabulary development process for an English to French
machine translation system
Develop English language training material for service technical
authors
Train technical authors in use of controlled English
Participate in development of machine translation quality evaluation
methodology
Minimum qualifications:
MS/MA in computational linguistics or equivalent experience
Outstanding teaching skills
Excellent oral and written English language communication skills
Knowledge of the French language
Additional desirable skills include:
Native or near native fluency in both English and French languages
Experience with Common LISP
Knowledge of or fluency in other major languages, especially German or
Spanish
Technical writing experience
Technical automotive knowledge
Interested and qualified candidates should respond by mail or facsimile with a
resume and a cover letter that includes salary requirements.
Michael W. Valentine
Technical Publications Manager

November 18, 1995
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
INSTITUTE OF HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY, ACADEMIA SINICA
The Linguistics Division of the Institute of History and
Philology, Academia Sinica invites applications from citizens of the
Republic of China for research positions leading toward tenure track
posts. Currently, one tenure-track position is open, but non-tenure
track post-doctoral positions pending budgetary approval are also
available. The area of specialization is open, but preference will be
given to those in the following fields: phonology (and phonetics),
semantics, Chinese dialect studies, and Chinese minority languages.
Applicants already holding a Ph.D. will be considered for the
position of Assistant Research Fellow (equivalent to Assistant
Professor) or Post-doctoral Research Specialist. These are purely
research positions and no teaching is required. The minimum salary is
NT796,140 (about US$29,500)/yr for Assistant Research Fellow and
NT$576,000(about US$21,333)/yr for Post-doctoral Research Specialist,
plus bonuses.
Applicants should send a vitae, transcripts from graduate school,
an abstract of the dissertation (including the title, chapter by
chapter summary, methodology, materials, and main conclusions), and
three letters of recommendation to
Dr. Chiu-yu Tseng, Head
Linguistics Division
Institute of History and Philology
Academia Sinica
Taipei 115, Taiwan ROC
The deadline for receipt of these materials is March 31, 1996.
Applicants will be notified of our preliminary decision around the
beginning and May, 1996; those notified of preliminary acceptance
would then be expected to send the complete text of the dissertation
by the end of May, 1996 for evaluation.
For more information, applicants should write to the address
above or send e-mail to IN%"hscytccvax.sinica.edu.tw".